attempt to push a product onto a customer. The Onion‚ a publication devoted to humor and satire‚ effectively mocks marketing companies through rhetorical strategies. The Onion begins with an alliteration‚ drawing the reader in quickly while also setting a sardonic tone. "Stressed and sore-footed American everywhere are clamoring for the exciting new MagnaSoles shoe inserts." The author also uses vivid imagery‚ "clamoring‚" "exciting‚" which adds to his ever present mocking tone. In line
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Julie Leon WRD 103 Long Live the Queen‚ Taylor Swift In the past years of the music industry‚ there has not been quite the artist like Taylor Swift. She is simply a young‚ brilliant‚ and stunning singer. Though she might not have as much experience as many other artists‚ she is making her way to become a huge success. At just the age of twenty‚ she has released 3 albums all of which have had hit singles. Though it was only a span of 4 years from her debut to her most recent album Speak Now
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Satire and irony have a long and storied history in European literature. This year‚ we briefly analyzed Voltaire‚ a French writer and poet who used these literary devices to criticize the unjust society in which he lived. The American heir to this European tradition is Mark Twain‚ who was one of the first American writers to be known and read all around the world. Twain uses the powerful tools of satire‚ situational irony‚ dramatic irony‚ and verbal irony to make incisive commentary on a variety
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costs of drug abuse. In reality‚ there will always be a demand for drugs. Some portion of every population will continue to use illegal drugs to escape reality‚ experience pleasure‚ follow peer pressure‚ chase a misguided sense of adventure‚ or rebel against authority‚ among other self-destructive reasons. To counter these proclivities‚ prevention activities must forestall the use of illegal drugs‚
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family of crazy giggling girls‚ and I’m like the Soprano I section leader here in the Women’s Honor Choir as well as the only senior. The bell rings and we get to singing‚ and something magical happens- well‚ “magical” probably wasn’t the best word to use since there wasn’t any sorcery at work here. The better word would be something like “neurological”. Yes‚ something neurological happens and it’s quite simple really- I wake up. Not only do I wake
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with certain boundaries. However‚ any abnormality outside of those boundaries is looked down upon. Human behavior is an issue that constantly emerges throughout all forms of literature. In the novel‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ Mark Twain uses satire to criticize human behavior to show how oblivious and naive society can be in making decisions. Through Tom’s ridiculous behavior‚ Twain conveys how media and literature have had a consequence on society becoming gullible. Tom behavior comes from
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We are very much aware of it. But some college students just let their cell phone control them. In 2012‚ an article was written by Arnold D. Froese along with fellow other authors about surveys and research about students who use cell phones in the classroom‚ stating that‚”Many students admit to using cell phones for social networking purposes in the classroom” (Froese‚ etc). So if students know that they are distracting themselves‚ how can they be stopped? It’s not only that
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world find it normal and traditional to wake up in the midst of the late night and the early morning to watch the “beautiful game”. This beautiful game is the international sport of football‚ not to confuse it with the American sport involving the use of the hands. The English Premier League is the root of such excitement as it can easily be named the most watched and loved men’s football league in the world. But in the midst of the great amount of football that is continuously followed‚ there is
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THE IMPORTANCE OF B EING ERNEST Oscar Wilde’s satire‚ The Importance of Being Earnest‚ targets society from the Victorian era. Wilde uses his characters and Tragic Comedy to satirize Victorian society. Wilde’s Jack and Algernon reveal this idea in his play. Wilde uses tragic comedy in his satire. The main plot of the story is that Jack needs to find his parents in order to marry Gwendolyn. Jack however has been living another life in the country as Uncle Jack to his adopted father’s granddaughter
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Satire in the Great Gatsby Is Fitzgerald writing a love story that shows the American ideals‚ or is it a satire that comments on the American society in the roaring twenties? The novel The Great Gatsby is a satire type novel that comments on the American society during the roaring twenties. This is shown through the contrast of The Valley of Ashes and Gatsby’s parties‚ Gatsby himself‚ and Myrtle and George Wilson. Through these characters and places‚ Fitzgerald shows through satire‚ how the American
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